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nations and others to believe that greater international law to say well, we should have the u.n. set up an agency to regulate the internet. that's a horrible idea and they resisted at all costs. i very much agree with them on that point. you know a comment is very active forces were trying to do that. we try to set up an international independent entities, really private entity called eye candy, internet corporation for assigned names and numbers, which has some supervision from the u.s. department of commerce to started as a traffic cop make sure it all works in a very complex world of internet communications. but there are many who are not satisfied with saddam at the u.n. to take over that responsibility. the united states and other countries that believe in the economic engine that is the internet and communication and freedom that comes from the internet should resist that very, very strongly. we do not countries like china and iran in many community others who do not have anything close to the first amendment we have in our constitution. we do not want them to be setting th
nations and others to believe that greater international law to say well, we should have the u.n. set up an agency to regulate the internet. that's a horrible idea and they resisted at all costs. i very much agree with them on that point. you know a comment is very active forces were trying to do that. we try to set up an international independent entities, really private entity called eye candy, internet corporation for assigned names and numbers, which has some supervision from the u.s....
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this is important with respect to the united nations and the i.t. you, there's an interest of course by many governments in the world struggling with how do you deal with the internet and deal with this incredible tsunami force of change that is shifting society, affecting government will structures etc. and when you have that level of change you a different government bodies that might be seeking to change or extend to expand to an area such as the internet and that is what we see taking place here to the estimate how serious of a threat is the notion of government interfering with the domain name system or the internet for censorship reasons or in some cases protection of intellectual property we have seen a host of reasons by the government's to tap into the internet structure is that something icann is concerned about or are you no longer the organization is that something you feel as a threat? stat yes it's something i'm very concerned about and certainly something that icann and the internet community are very concerned about not only the inte
this is important with respect to the united nations and the i.t. you, there's an interest of course by many governments in the world struggling with how do you deal with the internet and deal with this incredible tsunami force of change that is shifting society, affecting government will structures etc. and when you have that level of change you a different government bodies that might be seeking to change or extend to expand to an area such as the internet and that is what we see taking place...
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we will not solve this problem that the united nations. this problem will be solved by israelis and palestinians sitting at the negotiating table. there may be dangers from pushing the too early in terms of a cutoff of funds for the palestinian authority and other consequences that could follow so in the end bets get negotiations going rather than discussions at the u.n.. >> if the prime minister wants to send a clear message to scotland and england belong together shouldn't he be doing his best to make sure the principal road from london is not going to come back? >> my friend makes a very attractive bid for the statement and the chancellor is not here but i'm sure other treasury colleagues have been listening closely. >> the prime minister claims universal credit will bring about the most fundamental and radical changes. given the government's propensity for this can he guarantee that the universal credit will be interested in april 24th and not delayed? >> universal credit is a good reform and it was welcomed across the house because it
we will not solve this problem that the united nations. this problem will be solved by israelis and palestinians sitting at the negotiating table. there may be dangers from pushing the too early in terms of a cutoff of funds for the palestinian authority and other consequences that could follow so in the end bets get negotiations going rather than discussions at the u.n.. >> if the prime minister wants to send a clear message to scotland and england belong together shouldn't he be doing...
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it would have been a disaster for the united nations. i know that the time americans were upset that the u.n. and the council had not supported the war but i think today many americans understand why and perhaps appreciate the council and the u.n. took the right decision. >> host: what was the tone of your conversations with president bush at the end there? >> guest: he was determined to take action. he was determined to ensure that saddam hussein does not give the u.n. and international community the run around anymore, so he was absolutely determined. he was taking the right decision. >> host: was he angry? >> guest: no, he was -- but i wouldn't say he was angry in the cumbre stations with me. >> host: let's talk about peacekeeping. it something you have spent a lot of time in the book on as well and it's something you have spent a lot of time on in your career before you were secretary-general. you were head of the peacekeeping operation. a review of your book by "the washington post" by david ignatius called your book to study in the
it would have been a disaster for the united nations. i know that the time americans were upset that the u.n. and the council had not supported the war but i think today many americans understand why and perhaps appreciate the council and the u.n. took the right decision. >> host: what was the tone of your conversations with president bush at the end there? >> guest: he was determined to take action. he was determined to ensure that saddam hussein does not give the u.n. and...
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it nations. >> guest: on the -- >> utilization of the united nations do you think the united states is standing in at the way of 0 broader peace evident in the middle east. >> guest: i don't say america is standing in the way. what i can say is that it will require a sustained and determined effort by the u.s., working with some of the countries in the region, and partners in europe, to bring about peace in the region. it has not been sustained. in fact i'm not sure i can say there is a peace process today, and i think the u.s. has such a pivotal role to play, and both parties look to the u.s. leadership. there were times when they looked to see if one had gotten very close. i was in sheikh when president clinton was trying to get a solution, working during night, and at that point it seemed very close -- this was 2000, around there. since then we haven't been that close and there hasn't been a real effort to get the parties together, and there are people who are now beginning to wonder, if the two point solution -- the two-state solution is not evaporating; that there may be questi
it nations. >> guest: on the -- >> utilization of the united nations do you think the united states is standing in at the way of 0 broader peace evident in the middle east. >> guest: i don't say america is standing in the way. what i can say is that it will require a sustained and determined effort by the u.s., working with some of the countries in the region, and partners in europe, to bring about peace in the region. it has not been sustained. in fact i'm not sure i can say...
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today's meeting has been convened in implementation of article 52 of the charter of the united nations. i quote in english. >> specifics of the month of local disputes or by such region, on the initiative of the state's from the security council. it is in this very context that the league of arab states has come to the security council. i would like to thank you for having so quickly responded to the request from the league of arab states to in for your counsel -- the issue has been put forward in detail by his excellency and i will attempt to be brief. the latest decision taken by the elite was january 22nd. a road map for sp shall -- peaceful settlement of the syrian crisis. before taking the details of the initiative to stress fundamental principles of the arab demand. the fundamental objective of our initiative is an immediate cessation of all acts of violence and killing against syrian civilians as well as the realization of the aspirations and demands of the syrian people. demand for economic, social and political change. removed for the correct political life, improve democracy
today's meeting has been convened in implementation of article 52 of the charter of the united nations. i quote in english. >> specifics of the month of local disputes or by such region, on the initiative of the state's from the security council. it is in this very context that the league of arab states has come to the security council. i would like to thank you for having so quickly responded to the request from the league of arab states to in for your counsel -- the issue has been put...
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. >> host: you feel that his presentation to the united nations, which was so critical in making the bush administration's case when invading iraq, it was justified? >> guest: i think from what we have seen, there were no weapons of mass disruption. i am not sure with or without the presentation, the bush administration would not have gone to war anyway. i think they had decided to go hosni mubarak you are quite pointed in your criticism of america when it comes to the war in iraq. you write that the perception of much of the global community was that america was enraged and vengeful. >> that is correct. in the sense that immediately after 9/11, you would recall there is incredible outpouring of support. they said, will why do they hat? and i said, michael, that's the wrong question. the right question would be we have so many friends. how did we lose them. anyone in this way may get into trouble and people were scared. scared of america, scared to speak up and to say what they believe in red and i could see this around the world, talking to them, which was unfortunate because the u.
. >> host: you feel that his presentation to the united nations, which was so critical in making the bush administration's case when invading iraq, it was justified? >> guest: i think from what we have seen, there were no weapons of mass disruption. i am not sure with or without the presentation, the bush administration would not have gone to war anyway. i think they had decided to go hosni mubarak you are quite pointed in your criticism of america when it comes to the war in iraq....
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the united nations peacekeeping stood by and let it happen. >> guest: would not use the phrase united nations peacekeepers stood by and let it happen. we had companies. this is part of the problem. very much involved establishing safe areas, i had my commanders do a study of what would be required vote to make that area safe. they suggested to. take advantage. they could but attack the people. second, it would require that 4,600 troops. the member states were having none of that. they change the mandate, and there was no statement in it. 7,600. and when you do that you're -- they did not have the resources to do it properly. and the peacekeepers, and this was several areas agree. so the peacekeepers who were there, when the serbian army really the could us stand up. defend themselves much less the local population. >> host: a mockery of weather is a safe haven. >> guest: i went to five this is the other point i was doing to make. because if you say you're bringing in people to protect you and assure your safety and have a safe haven, the sense is finally. the un troops are here. nothi
the united nations peacekeeping stood by and let it happen. >> guest: would not use the phrase united nations peacekeepers stood by and let it happen. we had companies. this is part of the problem. very much involved establishing safe areas, i had my commanders do a study of what would be required vote to make that area safe. they suggested to. take advantage. they could but attack the people. second, it would require that 4,600 troops. the member states were having none of that. they...
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i was at the united nations facilitating on behalf of the prime minister of bhutan. how many of you know where that is? you know about the growth national happiness. this is a systems level possibility for change. because if we measure how humans develop or how we progress in a new way, then perhaps we will begin to change our world view and mental models. when you can measure something it becomes real. we only major even development in terms of economic development. that is how we measure progress. and until we stop doing that and until we begin to think about -- i hate to call it anti growth but we have to stop this unlimited growth paradigm. is perhaps is a system level intervention. the reason i was at the u.n. last week was. khan has been playing with this for 25 years. and they are ready to launch it into the world in preparation -- we haven't talked about the failures of 20 years ago. a lot of things happened 20 years ago. we had negotiated agreements around sustainable development. and nothing happened to. here it is 20 years later and we need something to pu
i was at the united nations facilitating on behalf of the prime minister of bhutan. how many of you know where that is? you know about the growth national happiness. this is a systems level possibility for change. because if we measure how humans develop or how we progress in a new way, then perhaps we will begin to change our world view and mental models. when you can measure something it becomes real. we only major even development in terms of economic development. that is how we measure...
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>> guest: the united nations aids program and so this starts these are not bad people. they were absolutely motivated by trying to get the aids epidemic -- he was one of the very first people to describe an effort that these are good people and they have worked really hard for an amazing amount of time and god bless them no complete with them as humans in any way, shape or form and that and trying to raise the alarm about the disparity of the epidemic hiv is hard to track. a contract it to you don't get sick for eight or nine years it's not like the society of cholera even harder, but it's clearly the case in the mid-90s the estimates of the number of hiv cases lagat overestimated, and so what happened is this was on for several years and you start hearing that there's 35, 40, 45 million kids in hiv in the world and that it gave more every time it was in 2000 for coming 2004, two sons and five when science comes in and what happens is the u.s. government as it turns out starts doing sampling that resembles what is census bureau would do and in some cases from shanty to
>> guest: the united nations aids program and so this starts these are not bad people. they were absolutely motivated by trying to get the aids epidemic -- he was one of the very first people to describe an effort that these are good people and they have worked really hard for an amazing amount of time and god bless them no complete with them as humans in any way, shape or form and that and trying to raise the alarm about the disparity of the epidemic hiv is hard to track. a contract it...
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he had a wonderful presentation of the united nations. but the implication comes out then that kennedy has authorized this himself. he is the source of the charles bartlett article. what you can do going back to the thing, we can go back and look at who he talked to in the white house. what he talked to them. we can look at the memo. >> host: that presumed that people abided by that. >> guest: they generally did. this is they are telling everyone it's coming from the president. redoing unusual. they have to do for awhile. it fad off a bit. in the official day in this case were playing ball writing the memos. you can go in and work out who he talked. where the source might have been. you get interesting information we haven't quite got the smoking gun. but you see this coming from the military advisers in the white house and kennedy told bartlett himself to talk to the pentagon. for the historians you end up with an oddly compelling and useful source that you wouldn't have otherwise gotten. at the time anyway back to the story is that the
he had a wonderful presentation of the united nations. but the implication comes out then that kennedy has authorized this himself. he is the source of the charles bartlett article. what you can do going back to the thing, we can go back and look at who he talked to in the white house. what he talked to them. we can look at the memo. >> host: that presumed that people abided by that. >> guest: they generally did. this is they are telling everyone it's coming from the president....
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hit a wonderful presentation of the united nations. the implication comes out that kennedy is the source for charles barkley. what you can do now going back to this peter salinger thing is we can go back to work out who charlie bartlett talked to the white house. look at these memos. >> people honestly abided by this. >> they generally did. peter salinger's telling everyone this comes comes from the president. they've got to do it for a while. it takes it off again bid. in those initial days they were playing ball. you can work out who charlie brother talk to them were the source might have been a interest in information that we haven't quite got the smoking gun, but you can see this coming from the military advisors, that we learned in the pentagon. so for historians who end up with this oddly compelling and useful source that she would do for have otherwise gotten. at the time, back to the story, the press responded very negatively to this show on press coverage. >> kennedy was certainly one of those presidents who could be the chief
hit a wonderful presentation of the united nations. the implication comes out that kennedy is the source for charles barkley. what you can do now going back to this peter salinger thing is we can go back to work out who charlie bartlett talked to the white house. look at these memos. >> people honestly abided by this. >> they generally did. peter salinger's telling everyone this comes comes from the president. they've got to do it for a while. it takes it off again bid. in those...
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nations aid program. it didn't even have a name and then that it's a new entity that is going to happen and there are two african colleagues that offer smart advice. kofi annan says the where the sea is full of sharks he's not the secretary-general of the u.n. at that time. >> go ahead. >> if you fall into the water [inaudible] [laughter] >> then he was at unicef at the time. >> was that advice when one? >> [inaudible] >> was the story? >> i think the study [inaudible] -- the most important one is and they said okay, it is always working without moving ahead. so, it's very important to have an objective. they're in a very clear manner. if you don't have a good understanding and you don't put that in perspective, you will never moved. the third one is if you understood that many of their objectives you try to make them always your target, but maybe one day they will not miss you. so it's important to really give some time and space for people to give you what they know so you can learn more. you have to be
nations aid program. it didn't even have a name and then that it's a new entity that is going to happen and there are two african colleagues that offer smart advice. kofi annan says the where the sea is full of sharks he's not the secretary-general of the u.n. at that time. >> go ahead. >> if you fall into the water [inaudible] [laughter] >> then he was at unicef at the time. >> was that advice when one? >> [inaudible] >> was the story? >> i think the...
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. >> what are the arguments supporting the relationship with india in the united nations? [inaudible question] >> can you repeat the last part? >> we did not catch the last part. >> would you like me to repeat the question? >> please. >> what are the arguments for supporting the relationship with india in the united nations? and is it true that germany should be better, and is it also true that with the british problem, [inaudible] >> england as a separate country with its own problems. i don't have any problem with india having urgency. the reason why they got on the council is because they have nuclear weapons. india may have a validation come and i'm sure it's great. my argument is not that, it's about relationships. the india relationship is critical. we are at the point that latin america compared to india and china, are the emerging regions. it is latin america that is the most likely to be a partner. if you look at russia, brazil, china, and india, it is only brazil that they say is a partner and not a rival. india is not going to have the same kind partnership with
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who knows what khrushchev what have done and whether he would have gone to the united nations and said look, we have to pay the company here but deterrence only works when the other person knows about it and at that point the americans had not been told about the missiles and not been told about the short-range or long-range ones. is that they had a global aspect that kennedy decided was behind three shows decision and revealed he had supreme superiority and it was presumed that this was a way for khrushchev to recoup that. let's move to another subject you deal with interestingly in the book. of course kennedy is concerned about domestic clinical ramifications and certainly there were those even and the joint chiefs of staff who warned that if kennedy did not ask strongly, this would be appeasement. the issue of managing public opinion is something that you bring out not only during the crisis when the -- was meeting before kennedy speech and there were efforts by kids to contact publishers to get them to hold off on rebbie leaving the aspect that there was the management angle in the
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israel and the united states of america to do blessings for the nation you are the city on the hill and you are exceptional, the breadbasket of little when we were hungry you send us food to eat. you send your military to die for us graveyard's over the middle east and africa and every continent american soldiers said we can, we saw coming you got freedom and today we are all live to give you that freedom to read the testify with their vast dust. [applause] american soldiers that served in the that have not served i salute you and in the name of the high god because you are our hero. [applause] in islam that policy is new surrender. you see, it is the status on the president bells before the king of islam we've now five times a day that is what we used to do and that is under his authority. when we surrender to that authority and apologize to everybody and is one that is a victory and that is the start of the march now to take over the land come to go from your country and fulfill your purpose and become a united islamic nation. this is what happened. during the united states of america
israel and the united states of america to do blessings for the nation you are the city on the hill and you are exceptional, the breadbasket of little when we were hungry you send us food to eat. you send your military to die for us graveyard's over the middle east and africa and every continent american soldiers said we can, we saw coming you got freedom and today we are all live to give you that freedom to read the testify with their vast dust. [applause] american soldiers that served in the...
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a guest there was the thought that he would be in england and the united nations and the united states. i have no story about a skidding through barbed wire or anything. we can to the united states on passports and we arrived on november 11th. my father came a month later and once he had completed this work he defected and asked for the united states. >> host: this is amazing the how many years later he would be working on india and pakistan. wouldn't you love to discuss this? >> guest: you know what happened he wrote a book called the injured in kashmir. i helped him on that he started working on this in 1948 and it has not improved. >> host: one of the fascinating parts is your father's unfinished novel that you found in a box in the garage in georgetown. in it one of the characters is a bookstore owner. tell us about the bookstore owner did with the books in his display window in the shop. >> guest: what is interesting this is a novel but now that i get the story is pretty autobiographical of a diplomat going back to czechoslovakia to the war to look for his family and doesn't find
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peter piot, founder of unh, the united nations aids program, but the current director of united aids program, michel sidibe with us. a true continuity to span several decades and i think we'll have a very lively and fantastic conversation. what of course brings us here today is no time to lose, a life in pursuit of deadly viruses, peter piot's memoir. it's important to remember it's a memoir, not an attempt to write definitive history of anything, but rather an attempt to describe how the world and history to the left through the eyes of the key player who really put on the front lines at each individual step along the way. because it's a memoir, it's far more successful and almost a roller coaster read through an adventure cycle. and i suspect he will prove to be a recruiting device for the next generation of epidemiologists to these specialists and public health leaders because it makes it seem while, like one of the most fun things you can possibly do with your life. and many of the events that peter describes and the "no time to lose" reexperience at the same time that three diff
peter piot, founder of unh, the united nations aids program, but the current director of united aids program, michel sidibe with us. a true continuity to span several decades and i think we'll have a very lively and fantastic conversation. what of course brings us here today is no time to lose, a life in pursuit of deadly viruses, peter piot's memoir. it's important to remember it's a memoir, not an attempt to write definitive history of anything, but rather an attempt to describe how the world...
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the committee is very keen on learning the new united nations giving it a boost and saying the u.n. should be of the disputes coming and he was the first non-white recipient to the nobel peace prize for those keeping score. >> host: he jumps out from the pages of the book a little bit and there were several figures like this has the one who was prominent but not free well remembered today reflecting on him of that which is one of the great things of the book. >> guest: made mistakes but a smart cookie and all-american. >> host: you talk about this one more controversial -- can you talk about that? >> guest: in january 1973, kissinger, the security adviser and the north vietnamese emissaries' sign the agreement that's supposed to be a truce to the war and the immediately violate. the committee gives the prize and he's now the secretary of state in the fall of 1973. i think kissinger was a little embarrassed. >> host: >> guest: it made relations with president nixon on the nobel peace prize he works so hard for peace with honor and as he called it in the united states and north vietna
the committee is very keen on learning the new united nations giving it a boost and saying the u.n. should be of the disputes coming and he was the first non-white recipient to the nobel peace prize for those keeping score. >> host: he jumps out from the pages of the book a little bit and there were several figures like this has the one who was prominent but not free well remembered today reflecting on him of that which is one of the great things of the book. >> guest: made mistakes...
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she was the first american woman to be ambassador to the united nations. she also elevad thatosition to cabinet rank. wempnt deatndn bl pies. she was also controversial. her political ideas were up criticized. -- were often criticized. she was a neoconservative who in th end broke with her neonseativcollguesver re wundgeta lil reinhe reagan era. so my first question really is you have written biographies of presidents, of business magnates, why did you deci to ite this ogyf e pak, m iu uly shiut she was maybe for our younger viewers and listeners who may not know very much about her. >> guest: well, jeane was somebody who had established inecpuf as a publichink, llalth 970s -- 1970s. she had been a player in the democratic party. she had been disturbed by what had happened to the democratic party, the takeover as she saw it ofostilementswith t unarn coled she had been disturbed further, deeply disturbed, by the see evidence of america to counter the soviet rise in the post-vietnam era. and by the number ofountes thatamndvi na dshee a woman without a party
she was the first american woman to be ambassador to the united nations. she also elevad thatosition to cabinet rank. wempnt deatndn bl pies. she was also controversial. her political ideas were up criticized. -- were often criticized. she was a neoconservative who in th end broke with her neonseativcollguesver re wundgeta lil reinhe reagan era. so my first question really is you have written biographies of presidents, of business magnates, why did you deci to ite this ogyf e pak, m iu uly...
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who knows what he would have done if he had announced a we had gone to the united nations and said look this is done we have a fait accompli, but the determines only works if the of the person knows about it, and at that point the americans hadn't been told of the missiles and hadn't been told about short-range with long-range and of course the other global aspect that kennedy and his advisers presume was behind his decision was the nuclear balance. a year before the u.s. had revealed that the u.s. actually had extreme superiority in the strategic striking power and was presumed this was a way to recruit that. let's move to another subject that you deal with very interestingly in the book. of course kennedy is concerned about the domestic political ramifications, and certainly the uniform joint chiefs of staff warned that if kennedy didn't act strongly he faced appeasement. the issue of managing public opinion is something that you bring out your interestingly not only during, because of course during the ex-con meeting before kennedy's speech there were efforts by kennedy to contact pu
who knows what he would have done if he had announced a we had gone to the united nations and said look this is done we have a fait accompli, but the determines only works if the of the person knows about it, and at that point the americans hadn't been told of the missiles and hadn't been told about short-range with long-range and of course the other global aspect that kennedy and his advisers presume was behind his decision was the nuclear balance. a year before the u.s. had revealed that the...
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traveling around the united nations to cities as well as tinny hamlet. charles was served as private secretary to both john major and margaret thatcher told me that the queen knows every inch of this country in a way no one else does. she spends so much time neating people she has an understanding of what other people lives are like. she understanding what the normal human condition is. she's also spend an extraordinary amount of time honoring citizens and members of the military for great service. in sixty years, she has coniferred more than 400,000 honors and awards and given them in person over 600 times. people need pats on the back sometimes she has said, it's a very dinghy world otherwise. traveling with the queen was particularly valuable especially the overseas royal took took to bermuda and trinidad. she was 83 years old at the time and the program called long days of meeting and greeting. her stamina was impressive. matched only by 88-year-old prince phillip. whenever they go off on a trip together like that, the lord channel leer blin accompan
traveling around the united nations to cities as well as tinny hamlet. charles was served as private secretary to both john major and margaret thatcher told me that the queen knows every inch of this country in a way no one else does. she spends so much time neating people she has an understanding of what other people lives are like. she understanding what the normal human condition is. she's also spend an extraordinary amount of time honoring citizens and members of the military for great...
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what to use bank of the united nations ? how can it be strengthened in terms of creating globalization that is more effective and more consistent with our constitutional system? >> i would say the united states has a love-hate relationship. we are one of the countries to help founded in the city of san francisco where we are meeting tonight. at the same time the united states has often in the area that the united nations is, perhaps, most discussed in this country, often used force abroad without the permission of the united nations since its founding. if you remember, there have only been a handful of times that the united nations has approved foreign conflicts, far short of the number of was the united states has actually been involved with since 1945. on the other hand the united nations has performed some very useful functions. sometimes we ignore when we criticize the united nations for restricting the united states ability to use force. the nato countries. for example, the united nations is a useful forum for the condu
what to use bank of the united nations ? how can it be strengthened in terms of creating globalization that is more effective and more consistent with our constitutional system? >> i would say the united states has a love-hate relationship. we are one of the countries to help founded in the city of san francisco where we are meeting tonight. at the same time the united states has often in the area that the united nations is, perhaps, most discussed in this country, often used force abroad...
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when i was ambassador at the united nations, i had not been a public figure. some people asked -- then there were letters that would say something about the village that my parents were born in, but everything is wrong in them there never was a letter that had all the facts, and then somebody saying they'd gone to high school with my father in 1950, which would have been impossible because he was born in 1909. but in november, '96, when i was being vetted to be secretary of state, i got a letter from somebody with all the right dates and i was being vetted to be the secretary of state and i was in the white house counsels office, and they asked me if i pad my taxes and if i had a nanny, and they sid, there is thing you might want to tell us? i said, there's a real possibility i'm of jewish brown. they said, so what? the president is not antisemitic. so over the holidays i talked to my daughters and explained about the possibilities. they were obviously fascinated. they already thought their grandparents were interesting and complicated. and that was that. and
when i was ambassador at the united nations, i had not been a public figure. some people asked -- then there were letters that would say something about the village that my parents were born in, but everything is wrong in them there never was a letter that had all the facts, and then somebody saying they'd gone to high school with my father in 1950, which would have been impossible because he was born in 1909. but in november, '96, when i was being vetted to be secretary of state, i got a...
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what happened, not at the united nations was in the united states, and so my father -- i have no story about escaping through barbed wire. we came to the united states on diplomatic passport. my father came a little bit ahead, we arrived on november 11, 1948. my father came a month later. once he had concluded its work, he defected. he asked for political [inaudible name]. >> isn't it amazing that so many years later you would be working on india and pakistan? >> amazing. >> would you have love to add discussed it with him? >> he wrote a book about it and i was a graduate student when he did the second edition. i helped him on that. the thing that is sad is that he started working in 1948, and it had not improved. >> one of the fascinating things is your father's unfinished novel in a box in your garage and georgetown. in it is one of the characters, who is a bookstore owner. tell us about what the bookstore owner did with the books in his display room in the shop? >> what was interesting, this is a novel, but it is clearly -- now that i get the story, it is pretty autobiographical. a
what happened, not at the united nations was in the united states, and so my father -- i have no story about escaping through barbed wire. we came to the united states on diplomatic passport. my father came a little bit ahead, we arrived on november 11, 1948. my father came a month later. once he had concluded its work, he defected. he asked for political [inaudible name]. >> isn't it amazing that so many years later you would be working on india and pakistan? >> amazing. >>...
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so, recognize select did edginess often ambassador to the united nations. these are really for pivotal years, both in u.s. policy and obviously her own political career. he was later and battered. with the united nations bureaucracy and the hypocrisy she encountered and she really did regard it right as another blow to bureaucracy. it was quite hypocritical on this issue is about what she felt quite fervently and other issues, too. and then of course embattled with the state department, with a clear diplomat was quite outspoken. she insisted that he could not clear her talking points before she made speeches and the styling on at least two fried. how did she deal with all that? >> constant education. she was in the most profound sense of citizen politician. she was somebody who kind of came out of private lives than always flat part of ourselves therein was never comfortable with the scrutiny, the back fighting. she tried to participate in a very clumsy way i guess stories being particularly at the end part of her tenure in the reagan administration. first
so, recognize select did edginess often ambassador to the united nations. these are really for pivotal years, both in u.s. policy and obviously her own political career. he was later and battered. with the united nations bureaucracy and the hypocrisy she encountered and she really did regard it right as another blow to bureaucracy. it was quite hypocritical on this issue is about what she felt quite fervently and other issues, too. and then of course embattled with the state department, with a...
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don king to come, secretary-general of the united nations. presidents, heads of governments, ladies and gentlemen. i salute you, peace and prayers be upon you and islam. mr. president, it gives me pleasure to congratulate you and your family country and the presidency of the general assembly in his confession. i wish you success in your mission. i'd also like to express my sincere appreciation to the ambassador into the brotherly state of qatar for the outstanding procession. i would also like to pay tribute to the secretary-general of the nation for his continued assets to preserve the role of the organization. i assure a few of the chip supports to our efforts that he makes. mr. president, my presence here today in addressing the general assembly has multiple significance. i am the first egyptian civilian president enacted democratically and freely following a great peaceful resolution, he used by the entire world. this revolution established a genuine person through the oscars of our egyptians inside and outside egypt's and with the grace
don king to come, secretary-general of the united nations. presidents, heads of governments, ladies and gentlemen. i salute you, peace and prayers be upon you and islam. mr. president, it gives me pleasure to congratulate you and your family country and the presidency of the general assembly in his confession. i wish you success in your mission. i'd also like to express my sincere appreciation to the ambassador into the brotherly state of qatar for the outstanding procession. i would also like...
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you make peace in united nations security council. but none of this will hold unless both sides recognize and respect somehow the heritage, the story, the truth of the other. this, in a very small way, this book contributes to that. as i said everything is up in here. i get also see jerusalem on which it is destroyed, blown up by some dramatic as the temple mount. of course it would break the heart of the world. the one thing we know is that ultimately the day of judgment, the second coming, jesus christ will return to jerusalem. so anything we know for sure is that whatever else happens, it will end in jerusalem. thank you very much. [applause] >> we have about 10 minutes of q&a. >> yes, i like you to comment about king david. and some archaeologists believe that it was literally a small, a few primitives, dwellings. and, therefore, all that described in holy books could not have existed at that time. >> this is the key question my father was so concerned with the it's a very good question. just to take things step by step, the bible
you make peace in united nations security council. but none of this will hold unless both sides recognize and respect somehow the heritage, the story, the truth of the other. this, in a very small way, this book contributes to that. as i said everything is up in here. i get also see jerusalem on which it is destroyed, blown up by some dramatic as the temple mount. of course it would break the heart of the world. the one thing we know is that ultimately the day of judgment, the second coming,...
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the existing promised to protect israel at the united nations come ensuring that no matter how many resolutions are passed, no one is ever actually held accountable, that all these things are taken as a matter of course. so to say he went home empty-handed i think is a bit -- >> guest: i'm glad you mentioned that. barack obama and the interviews in the last few months he says you know i don't understand all the notes. we have given israel carte blanche literally. few americans know that under the obamas administration has received carte blanche. much more than under bush. that is how much the question of the palestinian-israeli conflict and the reason why beyond the politics really, i mean that we can argue and debate but barack obama from day one made a settlement with the palestinian and israeli conflict a part of the strategic interest of the united states. he is one of the first presidents to articulate a narrative about the arab-israeli conflict as an extension of america's security interest. on the first day, on his first day in the white house, the first telephone call he made was to abb
the existing promised to protect israel at the united nations come ensuring that no matter how many resolutions are passed, no one is ever actually held accountable, that all these things are taken as a matter of course. so to say he went home empty-handed i think is a bit -- >> guest: i'm glad you mentioned that. barack obama and the interviews in the last few months he says you know i don't understand all the notes. we have given israel carte blanche literally. few americans know that...
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there's the united nations refugee commission. one body takes care of the refugees and settles them. the other is a permanent institution that drains billions of dollars from the united nations. why not combine them? >> it's not the separate and dealing with the refugees. when it comes to the refugees, the united nations high commissioner for refugees what is known as the u.n., that is a deep organization. there are not at this moment for 34 million refugees around the world. there are 100 million people every day united nations has to feed a breakfast, lunch and dinner 100 million people. that is a huge challenge. so all humanitarian agencies are providing food and humanitarian assistance daily. all these refugees when they are categorized as international refugees then it is taking care of this and has some specific to address the issues of the refugees, the palestinian refugees. this commissioner general is now taking care of the palestinian refugees under this mandate. this again requires a lot of support from the internationa
there's the united nations refugee commission. one body takes care of the refugees and settles them. the other is a permanent institution that drains billions of dollars from the united nations. why not combine them? >> it's not the separate and dealing with the refugees. when it comes to the refugees, the united nations high commissioner for refugees what is known as the u.n., that is a deep organization. there are not at this moment for 34 million refugees around the world. there are...
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now, who knows what he would have done, whether he would have gone to the united nations, saying this is done, but deterrence works if the only the other person knows about it. the americans were not told about the missiles, short range or long range ones. >> host: the other aspect behind khrushchev's decision was the nuclear balance, you know, a year before the u.s. revealed that u.s. actually had extreme superiority in strategic striking power assumed this was the way for khrushchev to recoop that on the cheek. let's move to another subject dealt with interestingly in the book. of course, kennedy's concerned about the domestic political ramifications in the week, and it's certainly those even in uniform chiefs of staff that warned if kennedy did not act strongly, he was told this is apiecement. the issue of managing public opinion is something you bring out interesting, not just during the crisis because it's well-known that when the excom met before kennedy's speech, there were efforts by kennedy to contact publishers to hold off, but the news management angle in the aftermath, tal
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the purposes and principles enshrined in the charter of the united nations. mr. president, ladies and gentlemen, our world today faces many events that are affecting its states can and continue to cast their shadow on the international arena. many countries are facing political, economic, and financial crises whose consequences exceed the capacities of countries to individually cope with. and while the peoples of the world await effective and coordinated international efforts to overcome these crises, reality indicates, instead, an escalation of hegemony and domination over the fortunes of nations and peoples in a way that contradicts the principles and purposes enshrined in the charter of the united nations and the norms of international law. instead of seeking to contribute to the settlement of regional and international disputes by peaceful means, some well-known countries continue to pursue new colonial policies based on political hypocrisy in dealing with these crises. under the pretext of humanitarian intervention, these countries interfere in the domes
the purposes and principles enshrined in the charter of the united nations. mr. president, ladies and gentlemen, our world today faces many events that are affecting its states can and continue to cast their shadow on the international arena. many countries are facing political, economic, and financial crises whose consequences exceed the capacities of countries to individually cope with. and while the peoples of the world await effective and coordinated international efforts to overcome these...
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i think afford to talk of some kind of united nations, just with kabul. of state would've been madness within to try to occupy the whole country and we would be back to square one. it would be the bangladeshis and the jordanians and the indonesians, norwegians. but i mean, just to protect kabul, because that's where most is strong, and perhaps logistically, maybe some international force. [inaudible] >> and if for nothing else just to give conference -- confidence to people who cut these deals. >> might be necessary five years after summit agreement to guarantee. >> with regards towards a shift towards negotiations, when you talk to policymakers and you listen to what the u.s. politicians have said, they tend of one '02 challenges. in coming to a position of four years. one is that a lot of them just don't see military, when you have active efforts -- [inaudible] efforts to slash budgets at non-pentagon foreign policy, there's a real, a kind of capacity problem there and if you that permeates a lot of policymakers that is a real impediment. the second thi
i think afford to talk of some kind of united nations, just with kabul. of state would've been madness within to try to occupy the whole country and we would be back to square one. it would be the bangladeshis and the jordanians and the indonesians, norwegians. but i mean, just to protect kabul, because that's where most is strong, and perhaps logistically, maybe some international force. [inaudible] >> and if for nothing else just to give conference -- confidence to people who cut these...
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why after the united nations did she not do something else in the second term? there were all kinds of questions about what high political office she might have gotten. what happened there? >> guest: well, she really actually -- she wanted to be -- she tired of the u.n. she wanted to be head of the national security council. and she really wanted that job and had backing from people like dole, casey, and cap weinberger. but george schultz, the new secretary of said was very much against and it made common cause with jim baker and others and blockedder. so it was kind of a mel -- mel lan collie moment for her and reagan. she didn't want a job that didn't have some real substantial power. and so she left, and this is after she had agreed to stay through the 1984 election, at which she really established herself -- she had already established herself as a huge power inside the administration in foreign policy, but in 1984, at the republican convention of '84, with the speech, the memorable speech, blame america first democrats, which kind of captivated that convent
why after the united nations did she not do something else in the second term? there were all kinds of questions about what high political office she might have gotten. what happened there? >> guest: well, she really actually -- she wanted to be -- she tired of the u.n. she wanted to be head of the national security council. and she really wanted that job and had backing from people like dole, casey, and cap weinberger. but george schultz, the new secretary of said was very much against...
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and we in the united nations must step up our efforts to support the people in the country's as they build their own space future. let me take the arguments in term. a first of all there are those that say they're fed into little progress that the arab spring has produced tangible improvements in people's lives. this isn't right. look at libya since the fall of gaddafi we've created a new congress and now plans to integrate groups into the national police and army. none of this is to ignore the huge and so bring challenges that remain. the murder of the ambassador chris stevens was a despicable act of terrorism. but the right responses to finish the work that chris stevens gave his life to and that is what the vast majority of libyans want, too. we saw that in ben zazi last weekend as they took to the streets refusing to allow extremists to hijack their chance for dhaka see. the arab spring has brought progress in egypt with of the democratically elected president as civilian control over the military. in yemen and tunisia where the elections support the government to power and in mo
and we in the united nations must step up our efforts to support the people in the country's as they build their own space future. let me take the arguments in term. a first of all there are those that say they're fed into little progress that the arab spring has produced tangible improvements in people's lives. this isn't right. look at libya since the fall of gaddafi we've created a new congress and now plans to integrate groups into the national police and army. none of this is to ignore the...
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nancy was invited to the speak to the united nations about drugs. so she worked on her speech. she got a lot of advice from the people and bureaucracy that was working on it. and she had an idea of her own. "just say no." that is what was important. what she wanted to tell the world when she spoke to the united nations, many things, but one of the things she wanted to say was we can well understand in the united states that if we're going to help you curtail the supply of drugs, we have to do something about the use of drugs in the united states. just say no. so the bureaucracy got a look at the speech and they said catastrophe. if she says that, inferring that it is the united states problem, nobody will ever cooperate with us anymore. and they moved heaven and earth to try to get her to change. i was sitting there applauding. i agreed with her. so i was happy to see how strong she was. just like ronald reagan. and so we go up to new york for the speech. and nancy says, when do you think we should get there? i said you were scheduled to speak about 11:30. i said we'll g there
nancy was invited to the speak to the united nations about drugs. so she worked on her speech. she got a lot of advice from the people and bureaucracy that was working on it. and she had an idea of her own. "just say no." that is what was important. what she wanted to tell the world when she spoke to the united nations, many things, but one of the things she wanted to say was we can well understand in the united states that if we're going to help you curtail the supply of drugs, we...
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the nuremberg tribunal charter, the united nations, so on. what was the position of the united states then? well, the united states was instrumental in setting up the world court, international court of justice. but at once the united states declared that it is not subject to any charges based on international treaties meaning the u.n. charter, the charter of the organization of american states or others. and, in fact, that actually came to the court. it came to the court during the reagan years when the government of nicaragua brought charges against the united states for, essentially, war against nicaragua or international terrorism if you want to lower the charge. the nick rag began case was presented by a distinguished harvard law school professor. most of it was thrown out, and it was thrown out because the case appealed to the core principles of modern international law. u.n. charter, oas and so on. so, in fact, when the case was finally, you know, judged, it was restricted to very narrow grounds. the u.s./anything rag began treaty. com
the nuremberg tribunal charter, the united nations, so on. what was the position of the united states then? well, the united states was instrumental in setting up the world court, international court of justice. but at once the united states declared that it is not subject to any charges based on international treaties meaning the u.n. charter, the charter of the organization of american states or others. and, in fact, that actually came to the court. it came to the court during the reagan...
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decision to airlift timberland the to in my opinion, the united nations like so many times when the security council members are at odds there is no connection. >> well, the picture that we saw here for a moment to a people talking at a table was the soviet ambassador david malik. the american representing, this is how the airlift and or the blockade ended, the airlift continued for all while. stalin took another advice nor questions as far as anyone could tell, but american reporters would constantly send written questions to the kremlin in the hope that stalin had something he wanted to say. the chief foreign correspondent for hearst news service had send questions to stall. stalin says to answer those five questions. no one particularly -- dean acheson was the first one who understood what one of stalin's answers mend. when he was asked about berlin the airlift was still going on. when he was asked about the land he did not mention currency reform which after all, was the acheson once determined and told him that and they then decided that acheson in his next press conference wou
decision to airlift timberland the to in my opinion, the united nations like so many times when the security council members are at odds there is no connection. >> well, the picture that we saw here for a moment to a people talking at a table was the soviet ambassador david malik. the american representing, this is how the airlift and or the blockade ended, the airlift continued for all while. stalin took another advice nor questions as far as anyone could tell, but american reporters...
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nations. the implication comes out then that kennedy has authorized that he is the source of the article. so what she do now a sinister and going back to the peter salinger thing is go back and work out when he talked to them. >> host: that prisons people honestly abide by this. >> guest: that's interesting. they generally did. peter salinger's telling of a come of this comes directly for the president. they get into it for a while, it did fade off, but in those initial days they were talking -- they were playing ball, so you can work out where the source might have been it actually gets interesting information that we haven't quite got the smoking gun, but you can actually see coming for military risers in the white house and kennedy himself from the pentagon. so for historians and up with this oddly compelling and very useful source he wouldn't have otherwise got. at the time, back to the story, the press responded very negatively. >> kennedy was certainly one of those presidents who could b
nations. the implication comes out then that kennedy has authorized that he is the source of the article. so what she do now a sinister and going back to the peter salinger thing is go back and work out when he talked to them. >> host: that prisons people honestly abide by this. >> guest: that's interesting. they generally did. peter salinger's telling of a come of this comes directly for the president. they get into it for a while, it did fade off, but in those initial days they...
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>> well, my first identification was with the united nations. afterwards, after my retirement from that, i was here teaching at new york university in the late 1950's. and then have been back in various teaching capacities normally for some years. and hope to come back occasionally. >> but yo've held elective office too? >> i have, yes. i as -- i was first of all a member of our parliament in ireland for eight years. and then for four years as a member of the govenment as ministry for communications. and after i retired from that, my life since then has been writing for newspapers, teaching, writing books. >> where was edmund burke from originally? >> edmund burke was from ireland -- irish born, brught up entirely. made his career in the british parliament. where he played a large part of ening the discrimination against catholics. he, himself, was mainly a catholic and brought up as a member of the church of ireland which is the same as the church of england which ise piss can pailian. >> when did he live? >> 1729 through 1795. >> did thomas j
>> well, my first identification was with the united nations. afterwards, after my retirement from that, i was here teaching at new york university in the late 1950's. and then have been back in various teaching capacities normally for some years. and hope to come back occasionally. >> but yo've held elective office too? >> i have, yes. i as -- i was first of all a member of our parliament in ireland for eight years. and then for four years as a member of the govenment as...
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nations -- sanctions in the united nations. so in my opinion all i see there is no diplomacy, and all pressure -- [inaudible] so i don't see at this point in my opinion anti-war, anti-sanction. but if you lack at the iranian -- if you look at the iranian people, the sanctions pressuring the people, not the government. we have to realize that. sanctions is against the people of iran, it's not against the -- [inaudible] >> thank you. couple of points that you raised that i think are important to address. one quick correction. the iranians actually were enriching at 20% when the brazilians and turks were negotiating with iran. they had started it in february 2010. um, they had said, the iranians had said that they would rather buy the fuel than have to create it themselves, and they make the argument, the mere fact that they were sending out a request to buying the fuel was an indication that they originally had no intent to go all the way up to 20%. but they were doing 20% at a time when the brazilians and the turks were talking
nations -- sanctions in the united nations. so in my opinion all i see there is no diplomacy, and all pressure -- [inaudible] so i don't see at this point in my opinion anti-war, anti-sanction. but if you lack at the iranian -- if you look at the iranian people, the sanctions pressuring the people, not the government. we have to realize that. sanctions is against the people of iran, it's not against the -- [inaudible] >> thank you. couple of points that you raised that i think are...
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that is the way it works around the united nations. many other mischievous actions will rise and we will have meddlers complicating our internal efforts and our internal health policy. the united states and the world can do more for the cause of the disabled. i truly do. i risibly visited the alabama schools for deaf and blind. and i personally saw how inexpensive computers can transform the lives of the disabled. deaf and blind can move from being disconnected too connected, from unemployed and highly productive. it was such a moving and positive experience to see what can be done today with the technology of this world. at walter reed national military medical center, we can see the devices are used on a regular basis make the lives of those who have been injured better. the whole world will benefit with more of this technology when it is made available. and when we still made available. the right way to advance assistance for the disabled worldwide is to be active in this. [inaudible] many of these in the government do little bras l
that is the way it works around the united nations. many other mischievous actions will rise and we will have meddlers complicating our internal efforts and our internal health policy. the united states and the world can do more for the cause of the disabled. i truly do. i risibly visited the alabama schools for deaf and blind. and i personally saw how inexpensive computers can transform the lives of the disabled. deaf and blind can move from being disconnected too connected, from unemployed...
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we know about these kinds because they've been documented by impartial bodies of united nation. how understeering families have to live in fear their children would be killed or tortured before the security council will pass a meaningful resolution? how many people need to die? the people of syria can't afford to wait the more force promises are measured from their governments are accompanied by brutality on the ground. there will be no political progress in syria was such violent continues and they can be no doubt that the violent and the risk of civil war intensifying and the threat and stability of the region is growing. with each day, finding the way back from the brink of a hard and innocent life, desperate discounts could help avert dayak team in a united manner. today as i understand it, we all agree it has a role to play. we all want a peaceful, political solution that has territorial integrity. we all agree the process should be that the people of syria was support of the international community. we are believed to of minority to be safeguarded and respect it. we'll agr
we know about these kinds because they've been documented by impartial bodies of united nation. how understeering families have to live in fear their children would be killed or tortured before the security council will pass a meaningful resolution? how many people need to die? the people of syria can't afford to wait the more force promises are measured from their governments are accompanied by brutality on the ground. there will be no political progress in syria was such violent continues and...
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discussion that are happening within the united nations more broadly. we think that the discussion can only benefit for more transparency. we come from the technical community and we look at some of the proposals and think there's a lot that could be said about the technical implications of what's being proposed. how do networkings actually work? , and we want to encourage that of others, and also at the core, the prop here is that the iq is, by definition, an intergovernmental organization. their only government has votings. ultimately, part of the question is this issue is not a big issue when you deal with certain sets of issue, but when you deal with internet issues, for example, that at their core are about over 2 billion people interacting with the information, those are the ones that call for the question, not only of transparency, but also whether or not the lines are about what the iq should be focusing on and when it should not be focusing on. i think that's where a lot of the issues can get resolved. >> thank you very much. i yield back my ti
discussion that are happening within the united nations more broadly. we think that the discussion can only benefit for more transparency. we come from the technical community and we look at some of the proposals and think there's a lot that could be said about the technical implications of what's being proposed. how do networkings actually work? , and we want to encourage that of others, and also at the core, the prop here is that the iq is, by definition, an intergovernmental organization....
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we are arguing against the holding of such a vote which would be carried in the united nations general assembly because of the number of nations in favor of it. and as i said, as i mentioned a moment ago, we will consult closely with our e.u. partners about that. most of them, i think from yesterday's discussion, have the same view that i've just expressed to the house, and there was a time when we used to place great weight on foreign ministers around the european union. so, um, they have all come -- that's the majority view for a reason, which is a genuine anxiety about whether it will be possible in the remaining, short window as i see it to restart the middle east peace process negotiations if that motion is carried now. so it is a tactical difference, a respectable difference of opinion over it, but that's the ballot -- i come down on that side of the balance of that judgment. >> sir malcolm rivkin. >> does the foreign secretary agree that the emergence of the government's welcome recognition removes a major barrier to the supply of defensive military equipment to the syrian resis
we are arguing against the holding of such a vote which would be carried in the united nations general assembly because of the number of nations in favor of it. and as i said, as i mentioned a moment ago, we will consult closely with our e.u. partners about that. most of them, i think from yesterday's discussion, have the same view that i've just expressed to the house, and there was a time when we used to place great weight on foreign ministers around the european union. so, um, they have all...
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national security interests in syria -- [inaudible] syria is one of the alleys of the united states. in terms of how to do that, first they need to empower those independent counsel. so the u.s. send aid relief to the contrary. but all of that goes to organizations such as the u.n. and other international ngos. they need to work with the council. they're good for humanitarian reasons. they are either calling the shots or how to call the shots in future syria appeared to increase influence over the outcome of the region. second of all you empower the democracy emerging and help shape what comes after assad. if you are meeting the needs, you can have leverage. if you're not meeting the needs, you would create sentiments that are not very separable to you because it would be seen as the part that has abandoned. another recognition is the french and british are working with the council on the ground. the french ambassador is very act days. [inaudible] they provide direct aid to the council themselves. the british also do the same and the french and the british sent recognition to the nat
national security interests in syria -- [inaudible] syria is one of the alleys of the united states. in terms of how to do that, first they need to empower those independent counsel. so the u.s. send aid relief to the contrary. but all of that goes to organizations such as the u.n. and other international ngos. they need to work with the council. they're good for humanitarian reasons. they are either calling the shots or how to call the shots in future syria appeared to increase influence over...
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continued to occupy the seat at the united states. -- united nations. the enemy of our enemy. it may not be our friend but it can be our diplomatic partner. it is the lesser of evils. the question i think years later that we have to ask is could there have been an evil greater than that of pulpot at that time? >> what about romeo delair. >> roebgo. >> did you talk to him? >> i did at great length. >> where did you find him? >> he is in canada. he was in charge of u.n. peacekeepers in rwanda. he in some ways a lemkenian figure in a couple of ways. one, a prophecy. in january of 1994, four months before the genocide in rwanda would begin, romeo sent a now famous cable to kofi annan who was the head of peacekeeping operations in new york, saying the militia in rwanda had the capacity to exterminate at a rate of 1,000 every 20 minutes. he said this. it's in writing. the second thing he said was that the militia's" knew from somalia that can would only take the murder of 10 bell underpeacekeepers to complete the unraveling." 1,000 -- the language of extermination. 1,000 every 20 mi
continued to occupy the seat at the united states. -- united nations. the enemy of our enemy. it may not be our friend but it can be our diplomatic partner. it is the lesser of evils. the question i think years later that we have to ask is could there have been an evil greater than that of pulpot at that time? >> what about romeo delair. >> roebgo. >> did you talk to him? >> i did at great length. >> where did you find him? >> he is in canada. he was in...
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nations was in the united states. and so my father, we -- i have no story about escaping through barbed wire or anything. >> host: right. >> guest: we came to the united states on diplomatic passport. my father, we came a little bit ahead of him. we arrived on november 11, 1948. my father came a month later. and then once he had completed his work, he defected and asked for political asylum in the united states. >> host: isn't it amazing how many years later you would be working on india and pakistan? >> guest: amazing. >> host: i mean, wouldn't you have loved to have of discussed this with him? >> guest: i would have. he wrote a book called "danger in kashmir," and i was a graduate student when he did the second e edition, and so i helped him on that. the thing that's sad is that this problem, you know, he started working on it in 1948 has not improved. >> host: you know, one of the really fascinating parts of the book is your father's unfinished novel that you found in a box in your garage in georgetown. in it is on
nations was in the united states. and so my father, we -- i have no story about escaping through barbed wire or anything. >> host: right. >> guest: we came to the united states on diplomatic passport. my father, we came a little bit ahead of him. we arrived on november 11, 1948. my father came a month later. and then once he had completed his work, he defected and asked for political asylum in the united states. >> host: isn't it amazing how many years later you would be...